Vatinee Y. Bunya, MD, MSCE
Ophthalmology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Scheie Eye Institute Radnor
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Co-Director, Penn Dry Eye & Ocular Surface Center
  • Director, Clinical Research, Scheie Eye Institute
  • Harold G. Scheie Chair & Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Research interests include dry eye research and Sjogren's disease

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Scripps Mercy Hospital
  • Residency: Wills Eye Hospital
  • Fellowship: Wills Eye Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

563 reviews

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October 2025
i would recommend anyone to make an appointment
October 2025
she is a good listener. takes me seriously. extremely knowledgeable. great personality. accommodating.
October 2025
experience and knowledge
October 2025
excellent care

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My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Bunya is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Zhao AT, He J, Asbell PA, Bunya VY, Ying GS, and the DREAM Research Group Association of Cataract History with Dry Eye Disease Signs and Symptoms in the DREAM Study , Clin Ophthalmol: 2025,2709-2718

Kempen JH, Chen Y, Abashawl A, Mohammed AA, Dodson S, Alemayehu W, Gemechu A, Mengesha AA, Kumsa DA, Succar T, McWilliams K, Jin F, Bunya VY, Maguire MG, Burton MJ, Ying GS, FLuorometholone as Adjunctive MEdical Therapy for Trachomatous Trichiasis Surgery (FLAME) Trial Research Group Outcomes of posterior lamellar tarsal rotation vs bilamellar tarsal rotation for trachomatous trichiasis , PLoS Negl Trop Dis , 19(7): 2025,e0013152

Shen C, He J, Asbell PA, Bunya VY, Ying GS; Dry Eye Assessment and Management Study Research Group Association between Race and Ethnicity and Severity of Dry Eye Disease , Ophthalmology : 2025,620-622

Gupta AS, Linaburg TJ, Iacobucci E, Augello PA, Qin VL, Ying GS, Bunya VY, Massaro M Varenicline Solution Nasal Spray for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease in Sjogren's Disease: A Pilot Study , Clin Ophthalmol: 2025,1073-1084

Jacob A, He J, Peck A, Jamil A, Bunya V, Alexander JJ, Ambrus JL Metabolic changes during evolution of Sjögren's in both an animal model and human patients , Heliyon: 2024

Mohammed AA, Abashawl A, Dodson S, Alemayehu W, Gemechu A, Mengesha AA, Kumsa D, Succar T, Chen Y, McWilliams K, Bunya VY, Maguire MG, Burton MJ, Ying GS, Kempen JH; FLuorometholone as Adjunctive MEdical Therapy for Trachomatous Trichiasis Surgery (FLAME) Trial Research Group The FLuorometholone as Adjunctive MEdical Therapy for Trachomatous Trichiasis Surgery (FLAME) Trial: Study Design , medRXiv: 2024

Kaiser EA, Haggerty EB, Garner DP, Bunya VY, Aguirre GK. A measure of the blink reflex to parametric variation of mechanical stimulation of the trigeminal nerve , Psychophysiology : 2024

Nguyen BJ, Gupta AS, He J, Ying GS, Bunya VY, Macchi I, Massaro-Giordano M. Corneal Epithelial Thickness in Sjogren's Disease: A Pilot Study , Clin Ophthalmol: 2024,2175-2182

Lee DC, Guo M, Yu Y, Bunya VY, Asbell P, Ying GS. Two-Year Progression of Dry Eye Disease in Dry Eye Assessment and Management Study , Cornea : 2024

Lee DC, Guo M, Yu Y, Bunya VY, Asbell P, Ying GS. Two-Year Progression of Dry Eye Disease in Dry Eye Assessment and Management Study , Cornea : 2024,Online ahead of print

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